860 THE TEOPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [June 1, 1904. 
SHARE lilST. 
Company 
paid Buy. Sell- Trans. 
P; abi era. erg, actions 
era. 
900 
576 
500 
95 
£65 
80 
70 
100 
ISSUED BY THE 
COLOMBO BROKERS ASSOCIATION. 
OBSIiON PKODUCK COMPANIES. 
paid Buy- Sell- Trana- 
Company p. sh. ers. era. actiona, 
Aera Onvah Estates Co., Ltd. BOO 
Ceylon Planters Rubber Syndicate 5 0 
Ceylon Tea and Coconut Kstatea 600 
Oastiereagh Tea Co., Ltd. 100 
Ceylon Provincial Estates Co. Ltd. 500 
Clunes Tea Co., Ltd. 100 
Clyde Estates Co., Ltd. 100 
Docmoo Tea Co., of Ceylon Ltd. 100 
Drayton Estate Co., Ltd. lUO 
Bila Tea Co., of Ceylon, Ltd. 100 30 - 30 
Estates Co. otUva, Ltd. 500 — 
FernlandsTea Co., Ltd. 500 — — — 
Ulasgow Estate Co., Ltd. 500 ^. 1200 .. 
Uingawatte Tea Co., Ltd. 100 — — 
Great Western Tea Co., Ltd. 6»o - 640 
H?cDU8abaland£ Tea Estate Co. 200 — 
High Iforests ]s.itat6s Co., Ltd 600 
Horrebelley Estates Co Ltd IOC - lOTf 105 
Kalutara Co., Ltd., 500 .. 300 — 
Kandyan Hills Co., Ltd 100 30 
Kanapediwatte Ltd. 100 „ 70 
Kelani Tea Garden Co., Ltd. 100 ... 40 
Kirklees Estate Co., Ltd. 100 
Snavesmire Estates Co., Ltd. 100 ... 72| 
Maha Uva Estates Co., Ltd. 500 400 
Mocha Tea Co., of Ceylon, Ltd. 500 ... 900 900 
Nahayilla Estate Co., Ltd. 500 — 410 
NebodaTea Co.,Ltd. 500 420 600 
PalmerstonTeaCo.,Ltd. 500 
Penrhos Estates Co.. Ltd. 100 — 97i 
Pitabanda Tea Company BOO ... — 
Pine Hill Estate Co., Ltd. 60 ... 39 
Putupaula Tea Co. Ltd. 100 100 125 - 
Ratwatte Cocoa Co., Ltd. 500 .. 550 
Rayigau! Tea Co., Ltd. 100 ... 60 — 
Roeberry Tea Co., Ltd. 100 ... 120 — 
Ruanwella Tea Co., Ltd, 100 — 60 
Seremban Estate Rubber Co., Ltd, 100 — ... — 
Soluble Tea Co., Ltd. 100 .. 90 
St. HeliarsTea Co., Ltd, 500 400 
Talgaswela Tea Co., Ltd. 100 — 42| 
Do 7 per cent Prefs. 100 ... — — 
Tonacombe Estate Co., Ltd, 500 450 
Onion Estate Co., Ltd. 600 U7i 
Upper Maskeliya Estates Co. 
Ltd. BOO 700 
Ovakellie Tea Co, of Ceylon, 
, Ltd 100 
Vogan Tea Co., Ltd. 100 
Wanarajah Tea Co., Ltd. BOO ... 1010 
tataderiya Tea Cc>. Ltd. 100 - 325 
CEYLON COMMERCIAL C0MPAME3, 
Adam's Peak Hotel Co., Ltd. 
Brown and Co., Ltd. 
Bristol Hotel Co., Ltd. 
Coylon Ice & Cold Storage Co. Ltd 
Cejlon Gen. Steam Navigation i 
Co., Ltd 
Ceylon Superaeration Ltd. 
Colombo Apothecaries' Co. Ltd. 
UolomDO Assembly Rooms Co., 
Lta. 
Do prefs. 
Qolombo Fort Land and Building 
,;o., Ltd. 
Colombo Hotels Company 
Salle Face Hotel Co., Ltd. 
Kandy Hotels Co,, Ltd. 
Msunt Lavinia Hotel Co., Ltd. 
New Colombo Ice Co., Ltd. 
Kuwara Eliya Hotels Co., Ltd. 
Do 7 per cent prefs. 
Public Hall Co., Ltd. 
LONDON COMPANIES, 
AUlaiice Tea Co., of Ceylon, Ltd. 10 8 9-10 
4Dglo-Ceylon General Estates Co 100 — 53—66 
Associated Estates Co., of Ceylon 10 ... 1—2 
Do, 6 per cent prefs 10 — 2—4 
Oeylon Proprietary Co. 1 — 10 
Ceylon Tea Plantarion Co., Ltd. 10 — 24i-26J 
95 100 97i 
65 
100 
30 
1000 
1200 
lUO 
70 
. 100 
70 
100 
280 
100 
15 
100 
140 
ni'i 
20 
15 
20 
100 
100 
366 
100 
185 
100 
1271 
500 
250 
100 
m 
30 
29 
100 
116 
20 
Oimbula Valley Co. Ltd 
Do prefs 
Eastern Produce & Estate Co. Ltd 
Ederapolla Tea Co., Ltd 
Imperial Tea Kstates Co., Ltd. 
Selani Valley Tea Asscn,, Ltd. 
Kintyre Estates Co., Ltd. 
Uanka Plantations Co., Ltd 
^labalma Estates Co.,Ltd. 
Sew Dimbula Co., Ltd. 
Suwara Eliya Tea Estate Co., Ltd 
Ouvah Coffee Co., Ltd. 
Ragalla Tea Estates Co., Ltd. 
Scottish Ceylon Tea Co., Ltd. 
Spring Valley Tea Co., Ltd. 
Standard Tea Co., Ltd. 
Shell Transport and Tradine; 
Company, Ltd. 
Ukuwella Kstates Co., ltd. 
YaSlyantota Ceylon Tea Co:, Lt 
Do. pref. 6 0/0 
BY ORDKR OF THE COMMITTEE, 
Colombd, June 3rd, 1904, 
Latest London Prices. 
RAINFALL RETURN FOR COLOMBO 
(Supplied by the Surveyor- General.) 
6 
— 
5i-6 
— 
6 
5 
, . 
5|-6 
4|-4i 
— 
— 
10 
... 
8-10 
,,, 
10 
... 
6i 
— 
6 
3—6 
10 
Ill 
10 
i 
— 
1 
— 
nom 
— 
1 
— 
2|-3i 
— 
10 
9-10 
10 
9i-10 
10 
9—10 
10 
9-10 
10 
6 6 
6 
1 
2f 
par 
10 
si 
10 
10- u 
January 
February 
March 
April 
May 
June 
July 
August 
September ., 
October 
November ., 
December . , 
Total., 
1899 
1900 
1901 
1902 
1903 
Ay. of 
34yrs. 
1904. 
Inch. 
Inch. 
Inch. 
Inch 
Inch 
Inch. 
Inch 
•98 
3-72 
11-91 
1-95 
4-18 
3-67 
5-74 
2-78 
0-63 
3-55 
4-57 
3-95 
2-07 
206 
0-88 
3-71 
5-12 
6-85 
2-63 
4-76 
6-70 
6-66 
15-12 
8-71 
10-01 
7-62 
11-19 
6-40 
17-73 
10-63 
6-28 
11-89 
20-76 
12 12 
9-27 
9-23 
7'83 
5-93 
9-84 
5-42 
8-24 
0-20' 
1-11 
677 
4-52 
4-63 
5-02 
4-48 
0'62 
7-35 
0-46 
2-78 
7-5i 
3-77 
1-48 
4 0J 
3-93 
8-18 
8 06 
5-13 
12-99 
9-47 
3-91 
31-47 
11-17 
14-46 
8-58 
9-25 
19-84 
20-10 
094 
12-64 
4-44 
5-20 
1-70 
6-43 
2-22 
6-14 
73-48 
83-68 
75-86 
118-70 
79-39 
88-66 
29 36 
* On 1st June 0'20 in., that is up to 9-30 a.m. on the 2nd 
June.— Ed. 0.0. 
CEYLON TEA: MONTHLY SHIP- 
MENTS TO UNITED KINGDOM 
AND ESTIMATE, 
Estimate for May 1904—10 to IQi million lb. 
Total Shipments do 1904— 13,000,000 lb. 
Do do do 1903— 10,023,181 lb. 
Do do do 1902— 9,638,555 lb. 
Estimate FOR J une 1904.— 11 to llj million lb.] 
Cotton Ghowing in Italy.— At the time of the 
cotton famine caused by the American Civil War cot- 
ton was grown in Italy. At the present time 1,300,000 
metric quintals (metric quintal=220'4 lbs.) are annaaliy 
imported. Prom statistics gathered by Professor 
Todaro on Italian cotton cultivation during the years 
1864 to 1873, it appears that the average produce was 
3 metric quintals per hectare. Several agricultural 
experts, including Professor Cerlitti, are of opinion 
that it costs slightly more to grow cotton than to grow 
wheat ; the former product, however, sells at a higher 
price. At the present time cotton is extremelv dear ; 
but, making allowance for a probable fall in price, and 
taking into account the inferior quality of Italian 
cotton, its cultivation phguld prove remuDerative, 
